United Arab Emirates women's national cricket team

The United Arab Emirates women's national cricket team represents the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in international women's cricket. The team is organised by the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB), which has been a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1990.

United Arab Emirates
Flag of the United Arab Emirates
AssociationEmirates Cricket Board
Personnel
CaptainHumaria Tasneem
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (1990)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
WT20I 17th 14th (11-Oct-2018)
Women's international cricket
First international Bangladesh at Johor, Malaysia; 11 July 2007
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20I Netherlands at Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht; 7 July 2018
Last WT20I Thailand at Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok; 27 February 2019
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 16 8/7
(1 tie, 0 no result)
This year[3] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no result)
Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances1 (first in 2018)
Best result7th (2018)
As of 4 October 2020

History

The UAE national team made its international debut at the 2007 ACC Women's Tournament in Malaysia.[4] The team lost all three of its matches by large margins, and on debut against Bangladesh were bowled out for just nine runs, in a match which took just one hour to complete.[5] The UAE squad was said to consist of "mothers and daughters",[6] and the captain, Natasha Cherriath, was just twelve years old.[7] The team's coach was Smitha Harikrishna, who played One Day International (ODI) cricket for India, and another ex-India player, Pramila Bhatt, was involved in a pre-tournament training camp.[8]

At the 2009 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship, the UAE won its first international match, defeating Oman by 49 runs. The team also defeated Kuwait, placing fourth in its six-team group, and narrowly defeated Iran in a play-off to finish seventh overall (out of twelve teams).[9] The UAE had less success at the 2011 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship, however, placing ninth out of ten teams and winning only two matches.[10] At the 2013 ACC Women's Championship in Thailand, the team failed to win a single game, placing tenth out of eleven teams (above only Kuwait).[11] However, the UAE has performed better in regional tournaments, winning both editions of the Gulf Cricket Council (GCC) Women's Twenty20 Championship (held in Oman in 2014 and in Qatar in 2015.[12]

In June 2016, two teams from Australia's Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the Sydney Sixers and the Sydney Thunder, toured the UAE for a training camp. They played a Twenty20 exhibition match at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Dubai, and were joined by three UAE national team players (Natasha Michael, Chaya Mughal, and Esha Oza), who filled in for injured players.[13][14]

In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between the United Arab Emirates women and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[15]

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[16] The UAE were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.[17]

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — United Arab Emirates Women[18]

Last Updated 27 February 2019

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals1687107 July 2018

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[18]

Records complete to WT20I #598. Last updated 27 February 2019.

Opponent M W L T NR First Match First Win
ICC Full members
 Bangladesh 1010010 July 2018
ICC Associate members
 China 2200013 January 201913 January 2019
 Hong Kong 1100018 February 201918 February 2019
 Indonesia 1100019 January 201919 January 2019
 Kuwait 1100019 February 201919 February 2019
 Malaysia 2200015 January 201915 January 2019
   Nepal 2020014 January 2019
 Netherlands 210107 July 20187 July 2018
 Papua New Guinea 101008 July 2018
 Thailand 3030012 July 2018

Squad

The United Arab Emirates squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier was as follows:[25]

See also

References
  1. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. "WT20I matches - 2021 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. Other matches played by United Arab Emirates women, CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  5. "UAE embarrassed by Bangladesh", ESPNcricinfo, 11 July 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  6. "Bangladesh crush UAE", Asian Cricket Council, 11 July 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  7. "Natasha Cherriath: Emirates high-flyer", Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  8. "Natasha to lead UAE women's team", Gulf News, 3 July 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  9. Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009, CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  10. Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2010/11, CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  11. Asian Cricket Council Women's Championship 2012/13, CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  12. "UAE women retain Gulf T20 cricket title", Emirates 24/7, 6 December 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  13. "WBBL teams Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder to tour UAE to promote women's cricket", The National, 26 May 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  14. "'Dream come true' as UAE women's cricketers to share field with Big Bash League stars", The National, 4 June 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  15. "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  16. "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  17. "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  18. "Records / United Arab Emirates Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  19. "Records / UAE Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  20. "Records / UAE Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  21. "Records / UAE Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  22. "Records / UAE Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  23. "Records / UAE Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  24. "Records / UAE Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  25. "ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
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